那边
nà bian
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 那邊
That side, over there: a place or direction away from the speaker. It can start a sentence, as in 那边有人 'there's someone over there', or follow 在: 在那边 'over there'. In this word 边 is usually said with a neutral tone: nàbian.
Bên kia, đằng kia: phía ở xa người nói. Có thể đứng đầu câu (那边有人: đằng kia có người) hoặc đứng sau 在 (在那边: ở bên kia). Chữ 边 ở đây thường đọc thanh nhẹ: nàbian.
PronounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “那边” mean?
That side, over there: a place or direction away from the speaker. It can start a sentence, as in 那边有人 'there's someone over there', or follow 在: 在那边 'over there'. In this word 边 is usually said with a neutral tone: nàbian. Literally: that side
Is “那边” formal or informal?
那边 is generally neutral.